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there's taxes on investment income. there's taxes on devices. there's taxes on drugs, and all of that flows through ultimately to premium that employers have to pay for their employees. that's going to get reflected in the cost of their prices to consumers, so ultimately it gets right back to the consumer. >> you said on "the call" today some companies are trying to avoid health coverage by reducing employees' hours. i'm wondering if that's one of the unintended consequences of this whole thing of what we need to consider and what the broad implications might be on the overall employment picture as a result of affordable care act. >> well, i think that one of the things that we always know about regulation, that as long as we're part of a free market, which is what our country is, that people are going to find a way to fix it to work for them economically, and so one of the things that we will see in the service industries, particularly hospitality and retail, is we're going to see people shorten hours on some of their employees to below 30 hour
there's taxes on investment income. there's taxes on devices. there's taxes on drugs, and all of that flows through ultimately to premium that employers have to pay for their employees. that's going to get reflected in the cost of their prices to consumers, so ultimately it gets right back to the consumer. >> you said on "the call" today some companies are trying to avoid health coverage by reducing employees' hours. i'm wondering if that's one of the unintended consequences of...
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new year, and now a lot of those uncertainties have been wiped away with the budget ceiling and the tax situation that i think gives us a great deal of improvement, but as dandy don used to say when he hosted "monday night live," when it became obvious, he used to sing "turn out the lights, the party is over," and i think that's what's happening now. investors are realizing that the bond market party may be over, and it's time to shift to equities. >> let me ask you again. how are you allocating capital then in. >> we like a lot of sectors in the equity market. we like energy, materials and industrials, and some of the technology names are looking really pretty right now. >> rick, it's a perfect segue to you. he said the bond market party may be over. is it? >> well, no, i absolutely do not think so. here we are still toying with 2% as we get close to record highs in the dow jones industrial average. there's an incongruent relationship there, just like there's an incongruent relationship with the fact that we're talking about the dow near records, and tomorrow morning at 8:30 eastern i'
new year, and now a lot of those uncertainties have been wiped away with the budget ceiling and the tax situation that i think gives us a great deal of improvement, but as dandy don used to say when he hosted "monday night live," when it became obvious, he used to sing "turn out the lights, the party is over," and i think that's what's happening now. investors are realizing that the bond market party may be over, and it's time to shift to equities. >> let me ask you...
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other thing, you know, from a corporate perspective, we'd love to see something done on the corporate tax rate here in the u.s. love to keep more jobs here. just got to find a way to solve that problem. >> how does obama care and the health reform affect you as a company? >> well, certainly it provides re people will be covered by prescriptions. that's great news for the entire pharmaceutical space. for our particular company, we don't focus so much on continuous care medicines. we generally focus on women's health, those kind of issues so for us not as great but for other pharmaceutical companies great opportunity. >> we'll let you go. they will be anxious to get you up to the balcony so you can ring the closing bell. your logo is green. why didn't you wear green? >> i wore green for him. >> you're australian? >> yeah, i'm starting to forget it. >> no idea. >> we're about to enjoy the close with 20 minute to go here, and the market is continuing to levitate a bit. >> absolutely. still marching closer and closer to a all-time high. really driving this rally? is it fundamentals or just the
other thing, you know, from a corporate perspective, we'd love to see something done on the corporate tax rate here in the u.s. love to keep more jobs here. just got to find a way to solve that problem. >> how does obama care and the health reform affect you as a company? >> well, certainly it provides re people will be covered by prescriptions. that's great news for the entire pharmaceutical space. for our particular company, we don't focus so much on continuous care medicines. we...
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from federal taxes. nationwide the 1%ers paid 5.6% of their income in state taxes. the bottom 20%, they pay almost twice as much relative to their income. now, the report takes aim at states that are looking to reduce or eliminate income taxes saying it would be unfair and make an unfair system even worse while the bottom are paying more of their paycheck to taxes. the fact, however, remains, high earners pay the bulk of the income taxes in many states. can you read the full story at cnbc.com's inside wealth. back to you. >> so, california's the leading one, but new york is very close, right? new york is, what, you've got 9.8% state ant 3.6% city. >> actually, again, talking about what people actually pay relative to their income, not the published rates. >> and it's surprising to me that new york was not up there. i think it's 7%, maybe even 6%, so it might have been in the top ten but not in the top five. >> okay. that's after deductions is what you're saying. >> that's correct, that's correct. >> stay
from federal taxes. nationwide the 1%ers paid 5.6% of their income in state taxes. the bottom 20%, they pay almost twice as much relative to their income. now, the report takes aim at states that are looking to reduce or eliminate income taxes saying it would be unfair and make an unfair system even worse while the bottom are paying more of their paycheck to taxes. the fact, however, remains, high earners pay the bulk of the income taxes in many states. can you read the full story at cnbc.com's...
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you know, i do have concerns about tax reform. i think the general consensus is that nothing will happen to munis in the debt ceiling talks, but there is a lot of talk about tax reform having some form of tax or limit on deductions for municipalities, and i -- i definitely think that's a possibility. >> okay. so the impact is you're worried about this? >> i'm concerned. i think that everything is on the table. that's what we've heard from washington, and it's hard to make the argument for munis against the argument for charitable deductions, against the argument for mortgage deductions, so i do think it's something that people need to be cautious about. as a result if i were an investor right now, i would be investing with a shorter duration. and i've said this a lot over the last couple of years, with all the things that have gone on, i would have a professional managing my municipal money, whether it's in a mutual fund, an etf or separately managed account. >> having said that, what are your picks, a few muni picks? >> i did lon
you know, i do have concerns about tax reform. i think the general consensus is that nothing will happen to munis in the debt ceiling talks, but there is a lot of talk about tax reform having some form of tax or limit on deductions for municipalities, and i -- i definitely think that's a possibility. >> okay. so the impact is you're worried about this? >> i'm concerned. i think that everything is on the table. that's what we've heard from washington, and it's hard to make the...
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one, clarification from washington, a grand bergan encompassing deficit reduction with tax reform, entime reform and deschristianry spending reforms in areas like debt. extension of the debt ceiling for two years. clarification on europe. first, the recession needs to stabilize, but beyond that, policy initiatives clearly indicate a road to political and fiscal and banking reforms and an indication that europe is serious about improving competitiveness. resumption of growth in emerging economies, like china, and finally the federal successfully engineering a modest increase in interest rates without unleashing runaway inflation. maria, these are tall orders, i know, but resolution of all these issues would be a huge boost to business confidence, capital expenditures and hiring would increase dramatically and revenues would rise, and that's what we need, maria. back to you. >> that's some list, bob. >> pretty ambitious. >> we'll be watching that. not everybody is buying into this bull market theory, by the way. pimco's bill gross is actually warning investors to be afraid, and i mean very
one, clarification from washington, a grand bergan encompassing deficit reduction with tax reform, entime reform and deschristianry spending reforms in areas like debt. extension of the debt ceiling for two years. clarification on europe. first, the recession needs to stabilize, but beyond that, policy initiatives clearly indicate a road to political and fiscal and banking reforms and an indication that europe is serious about improving competitiveness. resumption of growth in emerging...
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. >> are we going to see higher taxes after we saw higher taxes at the beginning of the year? >> no, no, you're not, and i think the president probably does know that, but we're not going to see higher taxes. i don't think anybody thinks that it's a good idea to keep pay more taxes when you don't fix the spending problem. i can't tell you how many people have come to me that said, eric, if you fix the problem, i don't mind contributing more, but we haven't even begun to fix the problem and that's the issue. on taxes, maria, i think we do have an opportunity to engage in that kind of discussion. we've got this sequestration that will hit march 1st. we have a continuing resolution that will come at the end of that month. there are all kinds of trigger points, if you will, that will facilitate more of these discussions and hopefully will lead to a much broader solution than just going about these kind of discretionary cuts. >> let me get your take on the low hanging fruit in terms of spending cuts. medicare, medicaid, social security, health care costs, the drivers of the debt. w
. >> are we going to see higher taxes after we saw higher taxes at the beginning of the year? >> no, no, you're not, and i think the president probably does know that, but we're not going to see higher taxes. i don't think anybody thinks that it's a good idea to keep pay more taxes when you don't fix the spending problem. i can't tell you how many people have come to me that said, eric, if you fix the problem, i don't mind contributing more, but we haven't even begun to fix the...
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how we get tax reform in place to make americans and american corporations competitive again, globally. big thing for dow chemical. we want to reinvest in america because we can be competitive out of america. that agenda has to be put on the national agenda. i know the second term president is very keen on doing that. liz: the first term president was accused of being anti-business or not as friendly to business even though he brought a lot of business leaders to the white house and listened to them. many of them sat here and said you know what liz, though, he listened but i didn't see anything effectuated. do you think it's a different time now with president obama? >> i'm very fortunate that i was one of the ones that was called upon very early to help first term president obama. you've got to understand where he's coming from and his agenda and how he got voted in. liz: how hard is it to understand that businesses create jobs? >> not hard, but how hard is it to actually put the agenda ahead of the other agendas, probably difficult. but now the agenda is here. by the way, it transcen
how we get tax reform in place to make americans and american corporations competitive again, globally. big thing for dow chemical. we want to reinvest in america because we can be competitive out of america. that agenda has to be put on the national agenda. i know the second term president is very keen on doing that. liz: the first term president was accused of being anti-business or not as friendly to business even though he brought a lot of business leaders to the white house and listened to...